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756. Truth and Lie
A/N: Hello, everyone! You've probably guessed it, but MTPDDAT is coming to an end. After so many years, it feels kind of crazy to say it! On December 15, you'll receive the final chapter of MTPDDAT. But coming soon, before that date, I'll be releasing the first chapters of the next culti...
755. Golden Characters
He threw his own qi down beside the death qi and swirled it around, gathering up the scraps of the gold qi. With his own qi, a bit of phoenix qi, death qi, and the remnants of the gold qi, Hui reformed the character from memory.The other characters paused. The glow dulled, then faded entirely. Huiâ...
754. A Lady's Heart
Jun Ke scowled. âWhat chance? If sheâs taken the Golden Immortalâs blood, sheâs as much a puppet as any of the rest of you. Even if I win her heart now, itâs meaningless.âXi Muchen clicked his tongue. âDonât be so rash. Do I look like a puppet?â He gestured. âDoes she look like a...
753. Downsides
The door slammed open. Hui and Xi Muchen both startled, while Jun Ke grabbed for a weapon he lacked.Cho Haoli stormed in. âXi Muchen! You donât have the authority to remove prisonerâââAh? I donât? Then why are they here? If I donât have the authority, wouldnât they still be in the pr...
752. Learn the Game
At the top of the stairs, Xi Muchen pushed the door open. Rather than stepping out into the small dark room or directly into the city, the door led into a large, comfortable room. Plush furniture lined the walls, the walls draped in soft drapes. Thick rugs stretched underfoot. A large window gazed o...
751. Freedom at Last
Xi Muchen snapped his fingers. Instantly, the cuffs left Huiâs hands, and the door to the prison swung open.Hui let out a slow breath, massaging his wrists. Relief flowed through him as his qi began to move again. I didnât realize how stuffy it felt to have my qi passages all blocked up like tha...
750. Should I Stay or Should I Go
Hui looked around the prison, pressing his face up against the bars. Now that I have a better angle, do I recognize anyone here?Unfamiliar and unfriendly faces stared back at him. A demonic cultivator with corpse-colored skin and white eyes hissed at him, and an aggressive-looking female cultivator ...
749. Immortal Prison
In no time, they reached Heart Lotus City. Hui watched from where he hung under Xi Muchenâs arm. Immortals flew around in the sky, going about their business. No one paid too much attention to Hui, handcuffed and dragged into the city. For his part, Hui looked around calmly. Placidly, he surveyed ...
748. NOmake
Hovering in the air in a heroic pose, hand outstretched, Cho Haoli looked down at them, dressed in the same glittering gold as heâd been the first time heâd taken Hui out of the village. He smiled nobly. âTian Lan, wonât you come with me?âTian Lan stared at Hui. She looked at Cho Haoli, th...
747. Begin Again
Floating in the void, the Hui wearing white put a hand on his chin. His brows furrowed. What was that? That final image⊠the Elusive Ghost. Who is he? What is he?I have no answers and no clues, except for the Elusive Ghost disguising himself like me, and looking like the mes in the garbage realm, ...
746. Loop End
The boy sighed. âIâve heard that line so many times. Before you make your attempt to escape⊠why?ââThat world you long for, is the world I long to escape. The shining steel and brilliant light you saw exists, but so does darkness to equal⊠no. Darkness even deeper than this worldâs fil...
745. Hut
A/N: Bonus chapters for Writathon goals!--When he stepped into the hut, he found himself in a vast room. Stone walls stretched high overhead and gaped wide in every direction. Tigers, carved from pure white jade, growled at him from either side of the hall, lining the path down the center of the hal...
744. Learning
Hui crossed his arms, his lips twisted. He looked at the Prince.âThatâs⊠thatâs really all, I swear. Please,â the Prince said, shaking his head.Li Xiang glanced up. âHeâs telling the truth.âI wish he wasnât. Hui sighed. These skills of his are⊠how to put it? Not the most impress...
743. A Nearby Forest
Li Xiang hurtled down into a nearby forest, just far enough away to be out of the sight of the blue-robed cultivators. Hui glanced back. Distantly, fire encircled the blue cultivators and cut off their line of sight.Good. They wonât notice us hiding here. And since we could fly literally anywhere,...
742. Distant Cry
Underneath them, the Immortal World churned. Sects attacked one another, fended off the gold cultivators, or both. Even in the skies, Immortals exchanged blows and traded massive spells that would have destroyed the fabric of the mortal world back and forth. Dodging the errant paw of a passing enorm...
741. Feathers
Hui narrowed his eyes right back at Bai Xue. âIâm not undressing, Elder Sister.ââCouldâve fooled me.âHe drew his robes apart just enough to bare his neck, then tilted his head. Shiny red feathers glimmered in the firelight. âIâm currently the Vermillion Bird.âJun Ke startled. âWh...
740. Naked Time
âExcuse me?ââYou heard me. Take your clothes off.ââEr, could I decline?â Hui asked.âHmm⊠I donât think so.âBeside him, Li Xiang reached up to her neck.âElder Sister, you donât need to respond to that seriously.â Hui turned toward the darkness. âItâs you, isnât it? Bai...
739. Brothel
This time, Hui flew directly down to the brothel, casually creating an invite in midair. He tossed it to Li Xiang and made a second for himself. âStay close. It seems to also be a bit of a swingerâs club, and maybe an exhibitionist club too, so donât look around too much if you donât want yo...
738. Lost Game
Hui skipped back. The sword cut through the front of his robes. Feathers flew free, bright red like blood.âYou arenât living your truth, either,â Li Xiang accused him.Hui touched the cut robes. Not⊠my truth?No, thatâs fair. Iâve changed, thanks to the world. This isnât my truth. Itâ...
737. Hatch
âXiao Hui, Iâve come. Like we promised.âA voice?Who is it?No, I recognize it. ItâsâHui reached out, and his hand hit a wall. He pressed against it, confused. A wall?Thatâs right, I was trapped.Even as he thought that, the wall cracked.Hui froze. Er, I didnât mean to break it. I canât...
736. To Break Free
Hui laid Li Xiangâs body down on the floor. Reaching to his neck, he laid Zhubi down beside her. Resuming a meditative stance, he plunged himself into cultivating, more than ever before.Zhubi, do you hear me?Elusive Ghost, do you hear me?Song Wei, Li Xiang, Bai Xue, do you hear me?No replies.He pr...
735. Bad End
The thread snapped. Pure, true gold spooled down, looping over Hui. He gazed up, where the crack remained and that single black eye gazed down. He pointed. âIâve seen you. Are you coming down now? Or do I have to go up?ââIâm here.âHui jumped back, grabbing onto Li Xiang with both hands.W...
734. Strange
After a timeless time, he came upon a feature in the darkness. A small shape, pushing out of the ground. A hand, clawing for the sky. All white, with black fingernails.Hui knelt. Tipping his head back and forth, he inspected the hand. This looks almost like⊠well, almost like the very first beginn...
733. Gone
White.A figure sat in the white. Feeling nothing, knowing nothing, it gazed at nothing and thought nothing.Time flowed by.Another figure appeared in the void. The first figure turned. A white figure stared back at it, utterly featureless, save for empty black holes for its eyes and mouth. Revolted, ...
732. Time
Deep lines wound through the jade, twisting through the pale green stone. In the center, a strange, upright on one side, wobbly on the other shape Hui didnât recognize stood boldly out, its plainness emanating a special kind of importance. Flecks of gold shone from the depths of the carved lines.A...
731. Elusive Ghost
Immediately, Hui called out in his mind. Mortal? Rogue? SectgoerâŠ?No, I donât have any clones out. But if thatâs the case, who is that?The copy of Hui turned and fled.âThe Elusive Ghost!â Xie Tiangong released Hui and chased after his copy.The guards hesitated, lost.Hui threw his hand afte...
730. Over the Mountain
On the far side of the mountain, he paused, then shot out of the forest and high into the sky. Flying back over the mountain in plain view, he zipped down toward the manor, following the example of the other cultivators heâd seen. Like this, I donât appear suddenly out of the forest near the man...
729. Back to the Beggars
He flew after them at a distance, carefully staying out of the range of Jun Keâs divine sense. He clutched the floor tile, for lack of a better idea of what to do with it. At his small size, it stretched the entire size of his chest, gleaming with a pale jade sheen. Holding on with all his might, ...
728. Fly to Stay Alive
Hui zoomed off, low to the ground. Rocks jutted up at him. Stray ceiling tiles from shattered roofs cut at his body, while he swerved narrowly around fallen wooden beams. Li Xiang glittered after him, a brilliant bauble attached to a fast-moving fly. Iâll fly low! Lose them!âItâs headed your w...
727. Making Money Moves
The second Hui hit the ground, he sprinted toward the mortal cultivatorâs base camp. After watching them for a week, I have a basic idea of where theyâre hiding during the day. Iâll come from the same direction, and they shouldnât notice anything wrong.He ran a hand over his face, giving him...
